E-Content

EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Content

To Maus or Not to Maus: Technically, That Is the Question

May 6, 2013

Key Takeaways What should a Maus book owner do when he can't access the multiple copies he owns on all his various devices, including the newest, an iPad ? In …

We Love E-Books!

April 1, 2013

Carrie Rampp is Director of Library Services and Instructional Technology at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. True confession: I really love e-books. They are so conven…

E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations

October 29, 2012

"Books are undergoing a massive transformation from being a physical object to something electronic, or an "e-book". And while e-book sales still make up only a small proportion of…

E-Content: Opportunity and Risk

September 5, 2012

Shel Waggener is Senior Vice President of Internet2. The debate is over: students are asking for digital now, this semester. It isn't as if we didn't know the change was coming.…

A Case for Fair Use: The Georgia State Decision (5/15/12)

May 18, 2012

This policy brief summarizes the long-awaited opinion released May 11, 2012 in the Georgia State University e-reserves copyright infringement case, and provides analysis of what this means for h…

Dramatically Bringing Down the Cost of Education with OER: How Open Education Resources Unlock the Door to Free Learning

February 7, 2012

This issue brief from the Center for American Progress and EDUCAUSE seeks to provide a substantive understanding of OER and at the same time inform the emerging public debate over their use in p…

Highlights of the 2011 ECAR Symposium: IT as a Game Changer

September 21, 2011

This ECAR research bulletin presents highlights from the 2011 ECAR Symposium, held July 28–29 in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to a synthesis of keynote talks by Doug Lynch, University of Pen…

Elaborating on Online Accessibility

May 27, 2011

The Department of Education elaborated on a 2010 letter urging college and university presidents to make sure that the “emerging technology” on their campuses squares with federal laws pro…

Cal State's Strong Push for Accessible Technology Gets Results

December 12, 2010

Over the past five years, Cal State has waged one of higher education's most aggressive campaigns for accessible technology. It has adopted stringent standards for vendors and employees. Alo…

Copying Right and Copying Wrong with Web 2.0 Tools in the Teacher Education and Communications Classrooms

November 18, 2010

Understanding the tenets of copyright in general, and in particular, in online communication and publishing with Web 2.0 tools, has become an important part of literacy in today’s Information A…